-concerned over delay in granting leases

More than thirty farmers in the Dallawalla area of Region Ten may have give up sections of their farms along a two-mile stretch of arable agricultural land adjacent to the Demerara River to make way for what an official of the Region Ten Farmers Association has told Stabroek Business is a move to construct port facilities along the river front. 

Vice President of the Association Yogeshwar Rhambharrat told Stabroek Business that more than thirty farmers could be forced to shift their operations about 500 feet inward from the river bank to make way for planned port development facilities to accommodate the movement of cargo expected to arrive in the country via the Guyana/Brazil road.

And according to Rhambharrat the farmers, most of whom are holding leases to the lands, will face difficulties associated with access to water if they are forced to relocate further from the riverside. Additionally, Rhambharrat said that any relocation will mean that the farmers will have to abandon crops already planted at the location. …..